Auditory Efferent System: New Insights from Cortex to Cochlea

• Main Author: Ana B. Elgoyhen (auth)
• Other Authors: Paul H. Delano (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; alpha-9 nicotinic receptors; descending projections; auditory efferent; Olivocochlear; corticofugal; Contralateral acoustic stimulation; otoacoustic emissions
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The main function of the sensory systems is the transducing of external stimuli into bioelectrical signals, which are conducted through afferent pathways from sensory epithelia to the brain. However, it is known that descending projections are ubiquitous in the different sensory modalities, and in t...